Hog carrier



Nov. 7, 1925. 1,561,548-A A. KARPENKO Hoe CARRIER Filed March 5, 1925IIIIHHHHI Hf HHHIH Hmmm o Humm mmm Q G" Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

UNITED STA-TES PATENT OFFICE.`

HOG CARRIER.

Application filed March 5i, 1925.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that .1, Anorrir KAnrnNno, a citizen of Russia, and residentof New York,fin the county ofNew York and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful HogCarriers,-of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in conveyers, particularly inmeans for transporting the dead bodies of animals or carcasses inslaughter and storage houses from one place to another, as for instancefrom railroad cars toa place 0f suspension, and more particularly theinvention relates to a hog-.carrier for carrying hogs.

It is the principal object of my invention to provide a hogcarrierallowing a convenient placing` of the dead hog bodies thereon, when theyare for instance unloaded from railroad cars and to be suspended fromthe customary hooks running on wheels on tracks provided at a distanceabove the ground, so that the hogs can be readily carried to their placeof suspension and be suspended by one man alone, thus producing a greatsaving in time and labor.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a hog-carrier orconveyer of simple and inexpensive construction, yet efficient andpositive in its operation.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a hog-carrierwhich is readily adjusted to any of its receiving and deliveringpositions and one which can speedily be wheeled from one place toanother.

These and other objects and advantages of my invention will become morefully known as the description thereof proceeds, and will then bespecifically defined in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, the preferred form of my invention isillustrated, and in this drawing:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a hog-carrier constructed according to myinvention.

Fig. 2 is a rear end view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the carrier.

The carrier according to my invention comprises a supporting framecomposed of a plurality of legs 10 on swivelling casters 11, connectedby horizontally disposed braces 12 and inclined bars or braces 13.

Serial N0. 13,157;

Qne pair of the legs, the rear legs, are con siderably longer `than. theother or front pair of legs and are connected at the top To the lowerface or bottomof the platform 15, at a distance from the lower endthereof, are attached the leaves of hinges 19, the other1 leaves 2O `ofwhich are hingedto the leaves 19 by means of a pintle 2l and to theinner faces of the shorter legs 10 of the frame.

The lower end of the trough 15 is closed by an end wall 22 hingedlyattached, as at 23, to the bottom of platform 15. This end wall isdisplaceable to assume any desired angle to the trough bottom, and isadapted to be locked in any of its inclined positions by means oftoothed bars 24 hinged to the side edges of the end wall 22, as at 25,between the teeth of which engage pins 26 in the side walls of theplatform 15.

An operating rod 27 having an upper forked end 28, extends verticallyalong the rear of the device and is pivotally attached, as at 29, at itslower end to one arm of a lever 30 pivoted intermediate its ends, as at31, to a frame bar 10. To the other arm of the lever 30 is pivotallysecured, as at 32, the upper end of a foot operated lever 33 equipped atits lower end with a treadle 34.

In operation, the hog-carrier is wheeled to the place of reception for ahog and the hog carcass taken for instance from a railroad car, truck orthe like, is placed upon the inclined trough-shaped platform 15 and thelower end wall of the same is properly adjusted for the reception of thehog to accommodate the entire length thereof. The apparatus is thenwheeled to the place of suspension of the hogs from the customarystorage house hooks running on wheels along overhead tracks, and theplatform is then elevated by the proper operation of the foot treadle 84and connecting rods and levers to elevate the forked end 28 of rod 27 tothe desired degree in order 'to bring the body of the hog as close aspossible to the suspension point, 'and nally the carrier is wheeled awayto receive another carcass.

It will be clear that in this manner one man will be suliicient to perfo1in all orp these operations without skill and the exercise of muchforce, thus a great saving in labor and time is produced through themeans of my novel device.

It is to be understood that the illustration on the drawing shows mypreferred form by way of example and that such changes may be made inthe general arrangement and in the construction oit the minor detailsoit the invention as fall within the scopo of the appended claimswit-hout departure from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is:

l. Hog-carrier comprising a wheeled frame, an inclined trough hingedlysecured intermediate its ends to said frame, a movable and adjustableend wall for said trough, a means for locking the end wall in any of itsadjusted positions to said trough, an inclined rod secured at the upperend of said trough, an operating rod having a forked upper end engagingsaid inclined rod, and foot operated means for operating said oper'-ating rod to lift said trough to any desired angle.

ln a hog-carrier of the class described, a wheeled. frame, a trough-likestructure inclined to said frame and hingedly connected theretointermediate its ends, a movable end wall for said trough, a means foradjusting said end wall at a desired angle to said trough to accommodatehogs of different lengths, an inclined rod secured to the upper end ofsaid trough, a vertical rod in rear or' said trough, a fork on the upperend of said vertical rod adapted to engage said inclined rod from below,a lever pivotally secured intermediate its ends to said frame having oneof its ends pivotally secured to the lower end of said vertical rod, avertical lever pivotally secured to the other end of said lever, and afoottreadle for operating said rods and lever to elevate the saidtrough.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this28th day of February A. D. 1925.

ARC/HIP KARPENKO.

